Jenna Greene

April 10, 2020 | Litigation Daily

'Plaintiffs had an ostensibly sympathetic narrative but it was based on inaccurate facts and misrepresentations about what the recording agreements actually provided,' said Gibson Dunn partner Scott Edelman.

By Jenna Greene

10 minute read

April 09, 2020 | Litigation Daily

"We believe that our appeal raises important and recurring legal issues impacting securities class actions generally. We intend to ask the full Second Circuit to review this decision," said Goldman spokeswoman Maeve DuVally.

By Jenna Greene

6 minute read

April 06, 2020 | Litigation Daily

In suits filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, litigators from Selendy & Gay and Roche Cyrulnik Freedman allege that the defendants sold billions of dollars of unregistered digital tokens and other financial instruments to investors in violation of federal and state securities laws.

By Jenna Greene

5 minute read

April 06, 2020 | Litigation Daily

"While this sounds like a movie, it is not. It is real, and it is tragic. It involves the callous theft of much needed funds from the people of Bangladesh, for which the Bank serves as the Central Bank," write John J. Sullivan and Jesse Ryan Loffler.

By John J. Sullivan and Jesse Ryan Loffler

8 minute read

April 05, 2020 | Litigation Daily

Fear is a central animating force in recent lawsuits filed by the National Rifle Association and other pro-gun groups against officials in New York and California, demanding that firearms retailers be designated as essential businesses and allowed to remain open during the pandemic.

By Jenna Greene

6 minute read

April 03, 2020 | Litigation Daily

Honorable mention goes to lawyers from Beveridge & Diamond; Venable; Sullivan & Cromwell; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Winston & Strawn; Latham & Watkins and Kirk;and & Ellis.

By Jenna Greene

4 minute read

April 03, 2020 | Litigation Daily

Kirkland & Ellis partners Rick Godfrey, Wendy Bloom and Andrew Bloomer successfully defended class actions against General Motors and Polaris.

By Jenna Greene

13 minute read

April 02, 2020 | Litigation Daily

"Prisons are tinderboxes for infectious disease," wrote Senior U.S. District Judge Anita Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. "The question whether the government can protect inmates from COVID-19 is being answered every day, as outbreaks appear in new facilities."

By Jenna Greene

6 minute read

April 01, 2020 | Litigation Daily

A historical parallel exists that potentially sheds light on the approach courts may adopt when interpreting contracts in light of an epidemic: the Spanish flu, writes Sidley Austin's global litigation co-head Yvette Ostolaza and associates Daniel Driscoll and Tayler Green.

By Yvette Ostolaza, Daniel Driscoll & Tayler Green

6 minute read

March 31, 2020 | Litigation Daily

Come on really? There's a global pandemic and you're suing because you think Brazilian waxes are an essential business?

By Jenna Greene

8 minute read